Lunch Classics - Die Winterreise de Franz Schubert
Event details
| Date | 10.03.2015 |
| Hour | 12:00 › 13:00 |
| Speaker | Alexander Puhrer (voix) & Senka Brankovic (piano) |
| Location | |
| Category | Cultural events |
Lunch concert with Alexander Puhrer (vocals) and Senka Brankovic (piano).
Before he began his studies at EPFL, Alexander Puhrer had already spent a decade as a professional classical singer. Born Austria, he grew up in Vienna and studied in the USA (at Gettysburg College and the Cincinnati College Conservatory for Music). In addition to the many roles he has interpreted on stage, Alexander Puhrer graduated from EFPL/ETHZ in 2014 with a Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering and now works for Alpiq as Head of Nuclear Assets in the Nuclear Power Generation department.
Die Winterreise (1828) is a cycle of 28 Lieder published in two booklets with twelve Lieder each. The poet Wilhelm Müller wrote the 24 songs in three distinct phases. The cycle is made up of several episodes that tell of the desperate walk of a man who has been betrayed by his beloved and is without a doubt the most beautiful and saddest cycle of Lieder by Franz Schubert. Because of its density and drama, it surpasses all similar works of its kind. The very first Lied, Gute Nacht, sets the tonality: minor. In the last song, the poet asks the organ grinder, who represents death, if he can join him to put and end to it all.
Before he began his studies at EPFL, Alexander Puhrer had already spent a decade as a professional classical singer. Born Austria, he grew up in Vienna and studied in the USA (at Gettysburg College and the Cincinnati College Conservatory for Music). In addition to the many roles he has interpreted on stage, Alexander Puhrer graduated from EFPL/ETHZ in 2014 with a Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering and now works for Alpiq as Head of Nuclear Assets in the Nuclear Power Generation department.
Die Winterreise (1828) is a cycle of 28 Lieder published in two booklets with twelve Lieder each. The poet Wilhelm Müller wrote the 24 songs in three distinct phases. The cycle is made up of several episodes that tell of the desperate walk of a man who has been betrayed by his beloved and is without a doubt the most beautiful and saddest cycle of Lieder by Franz Schubert. Because of its density and drama, it surpasses all similar works of its kind. The very first Lied, Gute Nacht, sets the tonality: minor. In the last song, the poet asks the organ grinder, who represents death, if he can join him to put and end to it all.
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- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Affaires culturelles et artistiques de l'EPFL
Contact
- Virginie Martin Nunez